{"id":2183738,"date":"2024-02-22T11:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T16:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-70k-att-t-mobile-and-verizon-users-hit-by-massive-cellular-outage-in-u-s\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T11:34:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T16:34:39","slug":"over-70k-att-t-mobile-and-verizon-users-hit-by-massive-cellular-outage-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-70k-att-t-mobile-and-verizon-users-hit-by-massive-cellular-outage-in-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 70K users of AT&#038;T, T-Mobile, and Verizon face major cellular outage in the U.S"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fover-70k-att-t-mobile-and-verizon-users-hit-by-massive-cellular-outage-in-u-s%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2183738&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by CHRIS DELMAS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\/\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>8:20 AM \u2062\u2013 Thursday, February 22, \u20642024<\/h2>\n<p>A massive cellular \u200boutage across the United States\u2064 has left thousands of people without cellular service. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Mobile provider\u2064 AT&#038;T had the highest number of issues, with close to 32,000 reports at 4:30 a.m. Thursday morning, according to data from<em> Down Detector,<\/em> which tracks outages \u2062by collating status reports from different sources that tracks user-submitted errors. <\/p>\n<p>Over 800 service outages were also reported on other service providers such as\u2063 T-Mobile and Verizon. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, more\u200d issues were reported on smaller carriers that included Boost \u2063Mobile, Consumer Cellular and Straight Talk Wireless. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AT&#038;T cellular service\u2062 down.<\/p>\n<p>Downdetector reporting\u2063 numerous cell\u200c services with issues .<\/p>\n<p>Is this\u2064 a massive cyber\u2062 attack on the cellular \u200binfrastructure?\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Was there a solar flare\u200b or satellite malfunction? <\/p>\n<p>The issue appears to be nationwide, if not international. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/If8SsLzKFa\">pic.twitter.com\/If8SsLzKFa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris (@ChrizDDv3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrizDDv3\/status\/1760604801836994631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The\u2064 issues went across \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-taliban-overrun-bagram-air-base-numerous-high-value-prisoners-al-qaeda-members-freed\/\" title=\"Report: Taliban Overrun Bagram Air Base; Numerous \u2018High Value\u2019 Prisoners, Al Qaeda Members Freed\">multiple major cities<\/a> that included New \u200cYork, \u200dBoston, Houston, Dallas, \u200dLos Angeles,\u2063 Seattle, and San\u2062 Francisco. <\/p>\n<p>With the cellular outages, multiple\u200c police stations across the country warned people that\u200d they may not \u200bbe able\u2064 to call to report emergencies. <\/p>\n<p>However, multiple AT&#038;T users claimed they have been stuck in \u201cSOS Mode\u201d in which they can only reach emergency \u2062services. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>An AT&#038;T spokeswoman said the company is working \u201curgently\u200b to restore service.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe encourage the use of Wi-Fi calling until service \u2062is restored,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As for\u200b Verizon and T-Mobile, spokespersons said their networks are operating normally. <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the companies\u200d claimed that the issues only\u2062 arise when \u200ccustomers try to call or text those using AT&#038;T. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The spokesperson from Verizon said its\u2063 customers \u201cexperienced issues this morning when calling or texting with customers served by another carrier.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe are continuing to monitor the situation,\u201d the Verizon spokesperson said \u2063in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, the cause \u2062of the outages remains unclear. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe\u2062 here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u2063\t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Julian Assange\u2019s Extradition Hearing concludes, James Biden testifies before congress and Google Gemini never bets on white.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>As the influx of migrants continue to surge \u200cat the southern border many state officials are working to\u200d control the mass of people from coming across\u200b the border.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Two adults are arrested in connection to the Kansas City mass shooting. One Americas \u2064Makenna Blackman has the latest.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Former United Nations \u200cAmbassador\u00a0Governor Nikki Haley has vowed to stay in the Republican primary race beyond the South Carolina primary.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Apple \u200bis\u2063 rolling out an upgrade to\u200b its iMessage texting\u2063 platform\u200b to\u200c defend against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sacrilege-in-the-halls-of-st-patricks-cathedral-in-nyc\/\" title=\"Sacrilege at St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC\">future encryption-breaking technologies<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>The first human patient implanted with\u200d a brain-chip from Neuralink appears to have\u2064 fully\u2062 recovered.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>A group of 20 tech companies announced they will work together to prevent deceptive\u200d AI content from interfering with\u2062 elections.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>OpenAI is working on \u200ca software that can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-cut-throat-venezuelan-gangs-recruiting-from-migrant-shelters\/\" title=\"Venezuelan gangs recruit from migrant shelters, report says\">generate minute-long videos based<\/a> on text \u200cprompts.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How are cellular service providers working to restore service and communicate updates and resolutions to \u2064their customers during the outage?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Massive Cellular\u200c Outage Leaves \u2063Thousands\u200d Without Service<\/p>\n<p>A massive cellular outage has recently occurred across the United States, leaving thousands of people without cellular service. The outage, which started in the early morning\u200d hours of Thursday, February 22, 2024, has affected multiple \u200dmajor cities, including New York, \u2062Boston, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, \u2064Seattle,\u2064 and \u200dSan Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>One of the largest mobile\u2062 providers, \u200cAT&#038;T, experienced the highest number of issues, with close to \u200c32,000 reports at 4:30 a.m. \u2062According\u200c to data\u200b from Down Detector, a \u2063service that tracks outages by collating status reports from various sources, other service providers such\u2062 as T-Mobile and Verizon reported over\u200d 800 service outages\u200b as well. Smaller carriers, including Boost Mobile,\u2064 Consumer Cellular, and Straight Talk Wireless, also reported issues.<\/p>\n<p>AT&#038;T users claimed to be stuck in &#8220;SOS Mode,&#8221; where they \u2062could only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rogers-service-restored-after-canada-wide-outage-blames-router-malfunction\/\" title=\"Rogers service restored after Canada-wide outage, blames router malfunction\">reach emergency services<\/a>. However, an AT&#038;T spokeswoman\u2062 assured users that the company is working urgently\u2062 to restore service. She encouraged users to utilize Wi-Fi calling \u200cuntil service is fully restored.<\/p>\n<p>On \u200bthe other hand, \u2062Verizon and T-Mobile \u2064spokespersons stated that their networks are operating normally.\u2063 They claimed that the issues\u200b only arise when customers try to call or text those using AT&#038;T. A Verizon \u2063spokesperson acknowledged that their customers experienced issues while communicating with customers served by \u200canother carrier. Both companies are actively monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the outages remains unclear at this time. It is uncertain whether \u2064this is a result of a massive cyber-attack on \u2062the cellular infrastructure, a solar flare, or a \u200csatellite malfunction. The issue \u200cappears to be nationwide, if not international, in\u2063 scale.<\/p>\n<p>With\u2063 the cellular outages, \u200dmultiple\u200b police stations across the country have warned people that they may not be able to call to report emergencies. \u200bThis situation underscores the importance of maintaining reliable\u2064 communication systems,\u2064 especially during critical times.<\/p>\n<p>As\u2064 the investigation into the cause continues, it \u200dis crucial for cellular service providers to work swiftly to restore service and communicate with their\u2064 customers regarding updates and \u2062resolutions. Additionally, users should follow the recommendations given by \u200btheir respective providers, such as utilizing Wi-Fi calling \u2064options when available.<\/p>\n<p>Cellular outages disrupt \u2063both personal and professional communication, impacting individuals and businesses alike. It is essential \u200bfor service providers to evaluate their infrastructure and\u2063 develop \u2062contingency plans to mitigate the effects of such outages in \u200cthe future. Robust and reliable communication systems are fundamental to\u200c a functioning society, and efforts should be made to prevent and respond efficiently\u200d to such disruptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major US cellular outage has disrupted service for thousands of people. AT&amp;T, the largest mobile provider, experienced the most problems, with nearly 32,000 reports at 4:30 am on Thursday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2301,"featured_media":2183739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1232956693-e1708618501904.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2183738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1232956693-e1708618501904.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2183738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2183739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2183738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2183738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2183738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}